The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

The Spring 2026 Challenge will begin at 12:01 AM, EST March 1, 2026, and will end at 11:59 PM, EST, May 31, 2026.

This is where you will need to post information about completed tasks - updates to the Readerboard will be based on what is posted HERE AND ONLY HERE.

Please do not delete or edit any post in this thread!! Even if the post is not reflected on the Readerboard yet, I've often logged the post on my spreadsheet already and I will not know that you've made the changes. I do not go backwards in this thread to pick up points. If you need to make a change, just make a new post.

All books posted for points in the SRC must adhere to The Rules of the Challenge. This includes the Rules of the Challenge as well as the Default Rules and FAQs

All posts must adhere to the Posting Requirements.To avoid problems with your posts, please review these documents (even if you've read them before). They will not change mid-season, but they may be updated between seasons.

Any problems with task postings will be posted in the Questions/Problems in Completed Tasks thread. Please post there if you have a question about your points, Golden Oldies It's A Fact, or Big Book tickets.

Enjoy your reads!

XBM

5.1 - Kicking off the season with a fun short book.
Read a book with page numbers made up from the digits 1, 5, 0, 4, 1, 9, 1, 2. (105)
Murder at Martingale Manor

Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Books read:1
Big books:0
Golden Oldies:0
Non-Fiction:0
Tasks completed: 1

ROBIN P
5.1 Honoring the Titanic
Page numbers from 1, 5, 0, 4, 1, 9, 1, 2

Merry-Go-Round- 192

Points this post: 5
Total points: 5

ROBIN P
5.3 To AI or not to AI
No A or I in title

Lucky Penny

Points this post: 5
Total points: 10

ROBIN P

5.4 To Bravely Go
Less than 10,985 ratings on GR

Let's Not Talk Anymore - 256 ratings

Points this post: 5
Total points: 15

Lora
Task: 30.1 XBM’s task: Libraries I have loved - Lee Whedon Public Library, using Options 2 and 3
Book 1: Read a book where all the letters of NIOGA are found in the title/subtitle.
Book/Author: A Grim Reaper's Guide to Catching a Killer / Maxie Dara
How it fits: A GrIm reaper's guide tO catchiNg a killer
Book 2: Read a book first published between 1928 and 1962, inclusive.
Book/Author: The Lottery and Other Stories / Shirley Jackson
How it fits: published in 1949

Claiming one Golden Oldie for The Lottery and Other Stories, published in 1949.

Points for this task: 30
Total points: 30
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 1
Golden Oldies tickets total: 1
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 0

SHEMAC
30.1 XBM’s task: Libraries I have loved - Lee Whedon Public Library

This is a two-book task. Choose 2 options and read one book for each.
Required: State the options - 1 & 2

Option 1:
Read a book by an author whose first or last name can be made using the letters in LEE WHEDON PUBLIC LIBRARY - REYNE

Variable Onset by Layla Reyne

Option 2:
Read a book where all the letters of NIOGA are found in the title/subtitle.

His Dangerous Omega

This task points: 30
Total season points: 30

30.4 Susan A's Task: No Duplicates
This is a two book task.
Required: Titles only (ignore subtitles) must be at least 2 words.

BOOK 1:
Read a book with a title in which no consonant has been used more than once.
Required: list the consonants
The Mind Reels by Fredrik deBoer
Finished Reading ~ 3.1.26
Pages ~ 153
Prompt ~ THMNDRLS

BOOK 2:
Read a book with a title in which no vowel has been used more than once.
Required: list the vowels
Dear Mrs. Bird by A.J. Pearce
Finished Reading ~ 3.2.26
Pages ~ 288
Prompt ~ EAI

Points this Post ~ 30
Total Points ~ 30
Books Read ~ 2

JennRenee

10.5 - Not all angels have wings…some have scrubs.
read a book where the main character is a nurse or nursing is essential to the story

read The Nurse

points this post 10
total points 10

JennRenee

10.7 - Mystery, Unexplained or Legend?
Read a book set at least 50% in Florida, Bermuda, and/or Puerto Rico.

read Witchcraft for Wayward Girls

points this post 10
total points 20

JennRenee

10.9 - The Whole Nine Yards
Read a book with at least three numerical 9's in the title, page number, series number and/or publishing date.


read The Face on the Milk Carton
192 pages published 1990

points this post 10
total points 30

JennRenee

15.3 - Indian Ocean
option 2

Read a book with a natural body of water on the cover and single author's first and last initials can be found in REGIONAL SEAS

read The Swamps
by Seraphina Nova Glass


points this post 15
total points 45

FLY

Task #10.2 - Mr Brown Can Moo, Can You?

task: 3+ letter title word matches a Dr. Seuss title word
book: The Secret, Book & Scone Society
how it fits: "book" is in #10 The Foot Book (among others)

Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
Tasks completed: 1/56

BB: 0 / GO: 0 / IAF: 0

CindyF

Task 10.8 Maximum Capacity

4 words in title

Murder at Martingale Manor by Jodi Taylor

Points this post:10
Total points:10
Books read:1
Big Books:0
Golden Oldies:0
Non-Fiction:0
Tasks completed:1

Nick KY

15.3 - Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions. It has large marginal or regional seas, including the Andaman Sea, the Arabian Sea, the Bay of Bengal, and the Laccadive Sea.Required: State the option

Option 2: One book that meets both criteria.

Book 1- Read a book with a natural body of water on the cover.
Required:Post the cover

and

Book 2- Read a book where a single author's first and last initials can be found in REGIONAL SEAS

I read Isola by Allegra Goodman. and author's inits AG in "reGional seAs."

First Post
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 15

ROBIN P

15.5 Luck
a book that contains any percentage of blue AND green on the cover according to Tineye.

Humanish: What Talking to Your Cat or Naming Your Car Reveals About the Uniquely Human Need to Humanize


Per TinEye - 10.5% green, 1.2% blue
Claiming 1 IAF point - nonfiction

Points this post: 15
Total points: 30

BB:0 GO:0 IAF:1

ROBIN P

5.8 PB&J Day
Title begins with P, B or J

Burma Chronicles
Claiming 1 IAF pt - nonfiction memoir

Points this post: 5
Total points: 35

BB:0 GO:0 IAF:2

Kathy KS

15.3 - Indian Ocean

Option 2:
Read one book that fits both requirements in Option 1"
Book 1- Read a book with a natural body of water on the cover.
Book 2- Read a book where a single author's first and last initials can be found in REGIONAL SEAS
by E.J. Robinson
ER=REgional...
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Points for this task: 0
Total points : 15
Tasks completed: 1/56
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 0

Katrisa
5.1 Honoring the Titanic

Read a book with page numbers made up from the digits 1, 5, 0, 4, 1, 9, 1, 2
I read Long Division
249 pages

Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 5

Kai


30.4 Susan A's Task: No Duplicates
BOOK 1
Read a book with a title in which no consonant has been used more than once.

Live Fast by Brigitte Giraud

BOOK 2
Read a book with a title in which no vowel has been used more than once.

Dark Ride by Lou Berney

New Points: 30
Tasks Completed: 1
Total Points: 30

BIG BOOK: 0
GOLDEN OLDIES: 0
IT'S A FACT: 0

JennRenee

30.5 - TessaVanessa’s Task: Contraction Action

Contraction is You'll - You Will

book 1- Read a book with that contraction in the title/subtitle

read You'll Never Know

and

book 2 sing the same contraction, read a book with the two words that make up the contraction spelled out in the title.

read You Will Remember Me

points this post 30
total points 75

15.6 - Easter

Read a book with a word at least 3 letters long in the title that can be spelled from EASTER BASKET TREATS.
Book read: Magic Breaks
How it fits: The word Breaks can be made from the letters
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Points This Post: 15
Total points: 15
Tasks completed: 1

Bookwrm526

Task #10.2 - Mr Brown Can, Can You?
Read a book with a title (subtitles excluded) word of 3 or more letters (except "the" and "and") which matches a title word from one of the books listed on this list. I chose the book HARPERCOLLINSCHILDRENSBOOKS Maybe You Should Fly A Jet! Maybe You Should Be A Vet!. (#58 on the list) and the word MAYBE and I read Kiss Me, Maybe by Gabriella Gamez.

Total points so far: 10

Nick KY

5.1 - Honoring the Titanic Read a book with page numbers made up from the digits 1, 5, 0, 4, 1, 9, 1, 2.

I read Roar of the Storm by Adam Burch, 412 pages.

Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 20

Nick KY

5.2 -- A Good Reason to Read

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) on 30 January 2020, and assessed it as having become a pandemic on 11 March.
Read a book from this list of best books published in 2020.

Best Books of 2020

Required: State the page the book is found on I read Redhead by the Side of the RoadRedhead by the Side of the Road by Anne Tyler p. 7 of the list https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 25

XBM

5.8 - PB&J Day

Read a book whose title begins with the letter "P, B, or J."
Provence, 1970: M.F.K. Fisher, Julia Child, James Beard, and the Reinvention of American Taste

Nonfiction - claiming 1 IAF

Points this post: 5
Total points: 10
Tasks complete: 2
Big books:0
Golden Oldies:0
Non-Fiction:1

Amarie

5.4 - To Bravely Go…
Read a book with less than 10,985 ratings on GR.
Skin and Bone - Lisa Philips
Ratings as of 3/3: 1,139 ratings

Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Tasks completed: 1

FLY

Task #30.1 XBM’s task: Libraries I have loved - Lee Whedon Public Library

task: Option 1: author first or last name can be made using LEE WHEDON PUBLIC LIBRARY.
book: The Door in the Hedge
how it fits: author is Robin McKinley
"ROBIN" can be made from WHED(ON) L(IBR)ARY

task: Option 2: all the letters of NIOGA in the title
book: If Something Happens to Me
how it fits: NIOGA in S(o)meth(ing) H(a)ppens

Points this post: 30
Total points: 40
Tasks completed: 2/56

BB: 0 / GO: 0 / IAF: 0

Katrisa
5.5 - Water, Water, Everywhere

Read a book with one of these ocean-related words in the title: ocean, tide, wave, current, sea, bay, gulf, coast, shore, tsunami, surf, beach, sand
I read Untamed Shore
SHORE in title

Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 10

ROBIN P

5.9 Diving In
Sea creature on cover - fish is one option

The Twyford Code - fish on cover

Points this post: 5
Total points: 40

BB:0 GO:0 IAF:2

JennRenee

15.6 - Easter

Read a book with a word at least 3 letters long in the title that can be spelled from EASTER BASKET TREATS.

word= TAKE

read Every Breath You Take

Points this post 15
total points 90

JennRenee

30.2 JennRenee's Task: Comfort Read With Me

Option 1B B: Read a book with ANY THRILLER MPG. May be embedded or stand alone.
read Strangers in the Villa


Option 2A
Read a book by one of my loved authors.
Author Mary Kubica
read It's Not Her

points this post 30
total points 120

CYNBAXTER

Task #15.3 – Indian Ocean

Option 2: Read one book that fits both requirements in Option 1: A natural body of water on the cover and a single author's first and last initials can be found in REGIONAL SEAS

Book: Reflections on Exile and Other Essays by Edward W. Said
*This is a Big Book (656 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket
*This is a Non-Fiction book. Claiming 1 NF ticket

Points this post: 15 points
Total Points: 15 points

BB tickets this post/Updated to Date: 1/0
GO this post/Updated to Date: 0/0
NF tickets this post/Updated to Date: 1/0

Gayla

20.10 Group Reads

Read one of the books selected as a group read for the Spring 2026 season.

Homecoming, by Kate Morton

post #2 in thread

Points this post: 20
Total points: 20/970
Total tasks: 1/56
Total books: 1/74

Kai

**REPOST**
30.4 Susan A's Task: No Duplicates
BOOK 1
Read a book with a title in which no consonant has been used more than once.

Live Fast by Brigitte Giraud
Consonants: L V F S T

BOOK 2
Read a book with a title in which no vowel has been used more than once.

Dark Ride by Lou Berney
Vowels: A I E

New Points: 30
Tasks Completed: 1
Total Points: 30

BIG BOOK: 0
GOLDEN OLDIES: 0
IT'S A FACT: 0

trishhartuk

25.1 Robin P's Task: Favorites
Includes claims for IAF and BB tickets.

Option 1: Women & History. Read a book with the MPG Feminism or History.

The Radium Girls, Kate Moore (560pg)
It’s a Fact: MPGs include: Nonfiction, History, Science, Historical, Biography and Feminism (under …more)
Started the Spring challenge on page 185 of 560pg (30%)
Big book: 560pg = 500+ x1 = 1tkt

Option 3: My Home Area. For most of my adult life, I have lived in the Midwestern United States. Read a book set at least 50% in one of the listed states.

Pray for Silence, Linda Castillo (368pg)
Setting stated as Painters Mill, Ohio

Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 2
It’s a Fact: 1 – The Radium Girls is Nonfiction
Big Book: 1 – The Radium Girls is 560pg, = 500+ x 1 = 1tkt

Total Points: 25
Tasks Completed: 1
It’s a Fact Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 1

Josh

15.7 - April Showers: Read a book with all the letters of GARDEN in the title and/or subtitle.

I read The Running Dream.

GARDEN - The Running Dream

Book Level IL: MG+ (automatically qualifies)

Points this post: 15
Total points: 15
Tasks completed: 1/56

Amarie

10.7 - Mystery, Unexplained, or Legend?
Read a book set at least 50% in Florida, Bermuda, and/or Puerto Rico.
The Last Train to Key West - Chanel Cleeton
Setting: Key West, Florida

Points this post: 10
Total points: 15

Bookwrm526

Task #10.1 - Twisted!
Read a book on the first 25 pages of the Twist Ending Books. I read Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica, from page two of the list.

Total points so far: 20

Bookwrm526

Task #15.7 - April Showers
Read a book with all the letters of GARDEN in the title and/or subtitle. I read Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care by Kelly Hayes (GARN in organizing, DE in radicalize).
I am claiming one It's a Fact ticket for this book

Total points so far: 35
IAF Tickets: 1

Katrisa
5.2 - A Good Reason to Read
Read a book from this list of best books published in 2020

I read Come Tumbling Down from P1

Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 15

LAUREN JODI

5.3 - To AI or Not AI

Cold Fury by Toni Anderson

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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 5/970
Total Books Read: 1
Total Tasks Completed: 1/56

LAUREN JODI

5.4 - To Bravely Go...

Only a Promise by Mary Balogh
Ratings: 8108

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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 10/970
Total Books Read: 2
Total Tasks Completed: 2/56

SHEMAC
30.7 - Rebekah's Task: It's Fiesta Time in

This is a 2 book task. Choose two options and read one book for each.
Required: State the options - 3 & 4

Option 3 - Pilgrimage to the Alamo
Read a book whose author shares a surname with one of the fallen Alamo defenders listed here - Bowie
https://www.thealamo.org/remember/bat....

Naming the Cowboy by J.P. Bowie

Option 4 -Texas Cavaliers Floating Parade
Read a book that takes place on a boat/ship/yacht etc .
Required: Provide a reference if the setting is not evident from the book description

Thar Their Omega Blows

This task points: 30
Total season points: 60

SHEMAC
30.5 - TessaVanessa’s Task: Contraction Action

Read 2 books.

Required: Choose one contraction from this list and state that contraction in your post - you're

Book 1: Read a book with that contraction in the title/subtitle. Must match exactly - you're

If You're Going Through Hell Keep Going ✔️

Book 2: Using the same contraction, read a book with the two words that make up the contraction spelled out in the title - you are

You Are the Reason

This task points: 30
Total season points: 90

JennRenee

15.10 Building Under Water
Read a book where the single author's first and last initials can be found in MINECRAFT.

read Her Last Breath by Taylor Adams

points this post 15

total points 135

Delicious Dee

5.8 - PB&J Day
Paddlers, Promises & Poison - title starts with either P, B or J

Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 5

Delicious Dee

10.7 - Mystery, Unexplained or Legend?
Guilty Creatures: Sex, God, and Murder in Tallahassee, Florida - set in Florida; 1 its a fact for non-fiction

Points This Post: 10
Points Total: 15
Its a Fact Tickets: 1

Amarie

5.3 - To AI or Not AI
Read a book that has NO "A" and "I" in the title.
Overruled - Lana Ferguson

Points this post: 5
Total points: 20

Gangee To AI or not AI 5.3

The Treacherous Net by Helene Tursten

The authors name has no As or Is in it

Points 5
Total 20